Cardiomyopathy natural history, complications and prognosis

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Complications

Cardiomyopathy gets worse unless treated. The most likely complications are

• Heart Failure
• Arrythmia
• Blood Clots
• Sudden cardiac death

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  Brain: Infarct: Healing large MCA and PICA probably embolic 64 year old female chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiomyopathy with atrial fibrillation

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  Kidney: Infarct Remote: Gross external view with capsule removed two old and very typical infarct scars 27yobf with dilated cardiomyopathy

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  Excessive pedal edema due to right heart failure in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (due to functional aortic stenosis from narrow outflow tract)